New water lines planned for South Lorain

LORAIN - New water pipes are coming to South Lorain, according to city plans. Lorain City Council and the city's Board of Control this week approved a contract and financing agreement for phase one of the South Lorain Waterline Replacement. Speer Bros. Inc. of Sandusky had the lowest among three bids submitted for the project. The company will get the contract worth $4.9 million, which includes a 10 percent contingency fund as construction starts. The engineer's estimate was about $4.25 million for the job, but the estimate's waterline cost per foot may have been lower than actual costs coming in on other underground waterline jobs, said city Engineer Dale Vandersommen. The job will feature more than 4.3 miles of new lines, including 4,396 feet of 6-inch lines, 12,021 feet of 8-inch lines, and 6,516 feet of 12-inch pipe, with at least 392 service connections and 20 valves, according to project specifications. The streets to get the new lines include: . Seneca Avenue from 42nd Street to 28th Street . 39th Street from Clinton Avenue to Carrie Street and Yale Drive to Harvard Drive . Carrie Avenue . 41st Street from Carrie Avenue to Oakwood Avenue and Yale Drive to Denison Avenue . Oakwood Avenue from 42nd Street to 37th Street . Yale Drive . Denison Avenue . Harvard Drive . 40th Street from Yale Drive to Grove Avenue . Gary Avenue from 41st Street to 42nd Street . Meadow Lane from 41st Street to Goble . Palm Avenue from Packard to 41st Street and 36th Street to 28th Street The city will pay for the work with a loan from the Ohio Water Development Authority.